CARLSBAD, Calif. — Megha Ganne closed out her Stanford career with a short par putt to win the clinching match Wednesday afternoon as the Cardinal beat Southern California for its third NCAA Women’s Golf Championship in the last five years.This was Stanford at its absolute best — earning the No. 1 seed for the sixth straight year by finishing 13 shots better than the next team, USC, and then crushing every opponent in its way until it secured its fourth overall women’s golf championship.Ganne had a relatively easy time in the anchor match against Bailey Shoemaker, who did not make a birdie in 15 holes at La Costa Resort. Ganne wound up winning, 4 and 3.Meja Ortengren, who played her worst golf of the week Monday with an individual title on the line, rallied over the last two days with superb play and defeated Jasmine Koo, 6 and 5, in the shortest match of the final three rounds.Paula Martin Sampredo moments later closed out Catherine Park of USC, 3 and 2, and then it was a matter of time for Stanford to get the final point.About the only thing Stanford didn’t do was its motivational goal of capturing all five matches in all three rounds. Stanford was credited with a 5-0 victory over Pepperdine in the quarterfinals and 5-0 victory over spunky Eastern Michigan in the semifinal.Stanford won the championship match 4-1. Once a team clinched victory with three points, all matches on the course end with the scores they are on. Kylie Chong of USC was 1 up over A …
